Glastonbury clean up operation - in pictures

The clean up at Glastonbury 2013. It will take six weeks to return the site to a working dairy farm again
Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

More than 1,300 recycling volunteers will help to pick up the discarded bottles, cans and packets left in the 900-acre site
Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Roughly 54 tonnes of cans and plastic bottles and 41 tonnes of cardboard are picked up among the litter
Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

As the black bags are filled, someone, somewhere is wondering what on earth happened to their wellies
Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Given the scale of the task, a recycling plant is located inside the grounds of the festival
Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Campers had until 6pm on Monday to leave the site of the festival at Worthy Farm, Somerset, while crew and stall holders are given a week to clear their property.
Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Although there are three days of music, festival-goers can enjoy five days of camping before it's time to go home
Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Tractors carrying magnetic strips will travel across the 900-acre site to pick up tent pegs while workers will carry out a fingertip search to make sure no inch of the land goes unchecked
Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

The recycling collection begins as thousands of green bags are filled
Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Thankfully the rain held off making the clean up job slightly less arduous than normal
Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

The size of the rubbish dump becomes apparent as these volunteers pack up the last few bin bags
Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian

Steel tent pegs left behind are also collected and recycled by the volunteer cleaners
Photograph: Graeme Robertson for the Guardian